Waterstones is planning to put books under a 72-hour quarantine when stores reopen, in a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus.
Waterstones is also planning to install perspex screens in front of tills and limit the number of shoppers who can be in the stores at one time.
In April, a survey by The Reading Agency found that one in three Brits are reading more since lockdown began.
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